English - Etymology 4

Named from Portuguese Oporto, a city in Portugal from whence the wines were originally shipped.
NOUN
PORT (_plural_ PORTS)
Wikipedia
* A type of very sweet fortified wine, mostly dark red, traditionally made in Portugal.
SYNONYMS
* (fortified wine): porto, port wine
TRANSLATIONS

English - Etymology 1

From Old English _port_, from Latin _portus_ (“port, harbour”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European _*pértus_ (“crossing”) (and thus distantly cognate with _ford_).
NOUN
PORT (_plural_ PORTS)
Wikipedia
* A place on the coast at which ships can shelter, or dock to load and unload cargo or passengers.
* Shakespeare
peering in maps for PORTS and piers and roads
* A town or city containing such a place.
* (nautical, uncountable) The left-hand side of a vessel, including aircraft, when one is facing the front. Port does not change based on the orientation of the person aboard the craft.
SYNONYMS
* (place where ships dock): harbour, haven
* (town or city containing such a place): harbour city, harbour town, port city
* (left-hand side of a vessel): larboard, left
ANTONYMS
* (right-hand side of a vessel): starboard
DERIVED TERMS
* airport, seaport, spaceport
* port authority, port of call, first port of call
* Newport
* outport
TRANSLATIONS
ADJECTIVE
PORT (_not comparable_)
* (nautical) Of or relating to port, the left-hand side of a vessel.
_on the PORT side_
SYNONYMS
* larboard, left
ANTONYMS
* starboard
TRANSLATIONS
VERB
PORT (_third-person singular simple present_ PORTS, _present participle_ PORTING, _simple past and past participle_ PORTED)
* (nautical, transitive, chiefly imperative) To turn or put to the left or larboard side of a ship; said of the helm.
_PORT your helm!_

English - Etymology 2

From Latin _porta_ (“passage, gate”), reinforced in Middle English, from Old French _porte_.
NOUN
PORT (_plural_ PORTS)
* (now Scotland, historical) An entryway or gate.
* 1485, Thomas Malory, _Le Morte Darthur_, Book X:
And whan he cam to the PORTE of the pavelon, Sir Palomydes seyde an hyghe, ‘Where art thou, Sir Trystram de Lyones?’
* 1590, Edmund Spenser, _The Faerie Queene_, III.1:
Long were it to describe the goodly frame, / And stately PORT of Castle Joyeous [...].
_Him I accuse/The city PORTS by this hath enter'd_ — Shakespeare, _Coriolanus_ (1623), V.vi.
_And from their ivory PORT the Cherubim,/Forth issuing at the accustomed hour,_ — Milton, _Paradise Lost_ (1667), book IV
* An opening or doorway in the side of a ship, especially for boarding or loading; an embrasure through which a cannon may be discharged; a porthole.
_...her PORTS being within sixteen inches of the water..._ — Sir W. Raleigh
* (curling, bowls) A space between two stones wide enough for a delivered stone or bowl to pass through.
* An opening where a connection (such as a pipe) is made.
* (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred. COMPUTER PORT (HARDWARE) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Computer port (hardware)
* (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
DERIVED TERMS
* porthole
* chase port
* sally port
* (computing): port forwarding, accelerated graphics port, serial port, USB port
TRANSLATIONS

English - Etymology 3

From Old French _porter_, from Latin _portare_ (“carry”). Akin to _transport_, _portable_.
VERB
PORT (_third-person singular simple present_ PORTS, _present participle_ PORTING, _simple past and past participle_ PORTED)
* (obsolete) To carry, bear, or transport. See _porter_.
_They are easily PORTED by boat into other shires._ — Fuller, _The History of the Worthies of England_
* (military) To hold or carry (a weapon) with both hands so that it lays diagonally across the front of the body, with the barrel or similar part near the left shoulder and the right hand grasping the small of the stock; or, to throw (the weapon) into this position on command.
_PORT arms!_
_...the angelic squadron...began to hem him round with PORTED spears._ — Milton, _Paradise Lost_ (1667), book IV
* (computing, video games) To adapt, modify, or create a new version of, a program so that it works on a different platform. PORTING (COMPUTING) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Porting
* (telephony) To carry or transfer an existing telephone number from one telephone service provider to another.
DERIVED TERMS
* porter
* portage
* port-o-john, port-o-potty
* portly
TRANSLATIONS
NOUN
PORT (_plural_ PORTS)
* Something used to carry a thing, especially a frame for wicks in candle-making.
* (archaic) The manner in which a person carries himself; bearing; deportment; carriage. See also _portance_.
* LATE 14TH C., Chaucer, _Canterbury Tales_, line 69:
And of his PORT as meeke as is a mayde.
* 1590, Edmund Spenser, _The Faerie Queene_, II.iii:
Those same with stately grace, and princely PORT / She taught to tread, when she her selfe would grace […]
* South
the necessities of pomp, grandeur, and a suitable PORT in the world
* (military) The position of a weapon when ported; a rifle position executed by throwing the weapon diagonally across the front of the body, with the right hand grasping the small of the stock and the barrel sloping upward and crossing the point of the left shoulder.
* (computing) A program that has been adapted, modified, or recoded so that it works on a different platform from the one for which it was created; the act of this adapting.
_Gamers can't wait until a PORT of the title is released on the new system._
_The latest PORT of the database software is the worst since we made the changeover._
* (computing, BSD) A set of files used to build and install a binary executable file from the source code of an application.
DERIVED TERMS
* (military): at the high port
TRANSLATIONS

Irish - Etymology 1

From Old Irish _port_ (“tune, melody”).
NOUN
PORT m (_genitive_ POIRT, _plural_ POIRT)
* (music) tune
* _Is buaine PORT ná glór na n-éan; is buaine focal ná toice an tsaoil._
A TUNE is more lasting than the song of birds; a word is more lasting than the wealth of the world.
* jig (dance)
DECLENSION

Norwegian - Pronunciation

Norwegian - Noun

PORT m
* gate
* (computing) A logical or physical construct in and from which data are transferred.
* (computing) A female connector of an electronic device, into which a cable's male connector can be inserted.
INFLECTION
REFERENCES
* “port” in _The Bokmål Dictionary_ / _The Nynorsk Dictionary_.